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Lewis and Clark expidition
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John Dalton publishes a book that describes the first modern theory of the atom
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War of 1812
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Hans Christian Oersted discovers that an electric current produces a magnetic field
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Michael Faraday discovers that a magnetic field can produce an electric current
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Samuel Morse patents the telegraph
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Planet Neptune is discovered
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War between U.S. and Mexico
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Gold is discovered in California